World on a Wire
in person
Sat Feb 01, 6:00 pm at Academy Museum
Part of
35mm
18+ ONLY
FREE SCREENING
Also showing
Queer Filmmakers
World on a Wire
Welt am Draht
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1973
204 min
West Germany
German
Movie Summary: Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
Queer Film LA Says: Gay New German Cinema filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbender made 40 films before his untimely death at 38. His works range from domestic dramas to social commentary to historical epics, and pulp thriller World on a Wire was the only science fiction film he directed.